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Security Bulletin: IBM Flex System Manager (FSM) is affected by a giflib vulnerability (CVE-2016-3977)

Created by Vern Yetzer on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/629365
629365

Security Bulletin


Summary

A security vulnerability has been discovered in giflib that is embedded in the IBM FSM. This bulletin addresses this vulnerability

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-3977
DESCRIPTION: giflib is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by util/gif2rgb.c. By using a specially-crafted .gif file, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/112618 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Flex System Manager 1.3.4.x
Flex System Manager 1.3.3.x
Flex System Manager 1.3.2.x

Remediation/Fixes

IBM recommends updating the FSM using the instructions referenced in this table.

      Product
      VRMF
      APAR
      Remediation
Flex System Manager
      1.3.4.x
IT16217
 Install fsmfix1.3.4.0_IT16216_IT16217_IT16218_IT16219
Flex System Manager
      1.3.3.x
IT16217
 Install fsmfix1.3.3.0_IT16216_IT16217_IT16218_IT16219
Flex System Manager
      1.3.2.x
IT16217
 Install fsmfix1.3.2.0_IT16216_IT16217_IT16218_IT16219

For 1.1.x.x, 1.2.x.x, 1.3.0.x and 1.3.1.x IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release of the product.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

04 August 2016 : Original version published

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

Disclaimer

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Internal Use Only

Advisory 5772, PSIRT 78258

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

UID

isg3T1024074

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